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Lyle,
Based on the workflow you described, there are two barriers. (1) Client has to be able to save the filled-up form locally, and (2) A server program needs to extract the input data from a PDF form. Although it's possible to achieve those, but I think there is a more efficient way.
(1) client fills in the pdf form, and then 'Submit' the data to the server;
(2) the server process the data, and update the database;
(3) the server merges the data and the PDF form, and posts back the updated PDF form to the client;
(4) the client saves the updated form locally for future use.
For step 3, there are many tools available to merge the form and the form data at the server side. The rest should be pretty easy (either with traditional CGI or other server-side programming).
Jim Su [EMAIL PROTECTED] EFOVIEW.com
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From: "Lyle Eric Olivier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PDF-Forms] How do I get data from a PDF form to a database? Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:11:17 -0400
Hi, I am new to this and have performed a search in the archives, but can't seem to find what I am looking for.
I have a client who's customers use an updateable PDF Form that they complete and print then fax to my client. What my client wants is to eliminate the need for someone to input the data from the faxed version into a database. However, my client has purchased the PDF form from another vendor and cannot make changes to it. So, what I would like to know is if there is a way for the following to be accomplished:
1. Customer enters data in the PDF form and saves the form to their local pc.
2. Customer goes to an ASP web page that uploads the completed PDF form to a webserver.
3. (This is where I need help) A tool views the PDF Form and extracts the data from it.
4. The data is then populated into the database.
Steps 3 and 4 need to be done automatically on the fly without any human intervention.
The database has already been created and the ASP pages can easily be created.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Lyle
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